![]() Many who can’t afford coverage were exempt from the requirement to maintain coverage. The ACA limits discrepancies in what you can be charged, and to do this, it required that all Americans who can afford to maintain Minimum Essential Coverage began maintaining it in 2014. Costs could differ wildly due to factors like age. In the past, you could be discriminated against based on gender or health status. The law spreads risk equally to all insured to end discrimination.In 2013 over 15% of Americans were without insurance. Under the plan, 95% of Americans are scheduled to be insured. This helped over 32 million Americans afford health care who could not get it before and made coverage more affordable for many more. It makes insurance more affordable by reducing premium and out-of-pocket costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who had been priced out of coverage in the past.The ACA protects consumers from some of the worse abuses of the health care and insurance industries. All Americans with health insurance have access to some new benefits, rights, and protections, which ensure that they can get treatment when they need it.The Affordable Care Act helps to reform the healthcare system by giving more Americans access to quality, affordable health insurance, and helps to curb the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S. Having a basic understanding of the law will help you to digest the details below. ![]() This Summary of the ACA will help you get an idea of what exactly is in The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and how it applies to you.
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